INFANTILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS AS A COMPLICATION OF ‘NEAR‐MISS’ SUDDEN INFANT DEATH

Abstract
Among 13 infants with apparently cryptogenic status epilepticus occurring between 2-4 mo. of age, 2 shared several features of poliodystrophy encephalopathy. For the other 11, an anoxic-ischemic event was suggested by the history, the seizure and EEG characteristics, and clinical and [computed tomographic] CT-scan evolution. The possible relationship with near-miss sudden infant death is discussed.